Chapter 184: Slash and Kill
The Northwest Army, which has been stationed in the northwest of Ye all the year round, gave the whole world a surprise when it walked out of the northwest for the first time.
A total of 33,000 people, the soldiers entered the territory of Qianshu in three ways.
Don't talk about the other two roads, but say that Chu Yujia, the chief general of the Northwest Army, is this way, and three thousand Mo swords and heavy armor rode straight to Wanjiang City.
Three thousand Mo sword heavy armor cavalry in the absence of any opportunistic situation, frontal defeat of 18,000 defenders of Wanjiang City, 3,000 Qianshu light cavalry except for a few hundred people escaped, all died on the battlefield, 15,000 foot soldiers, more than 7,000 people died in battle.
In a war, 10,000 casualties, and the enemy's casualties were less than 1,000.
Xiang Gao had never fought such a battle in his life.
When Xiang Gao was dragged in front of Chu Yujia by Qi Zhong with the armor around his neck, he had lost his previous high-spirited appearance, his face was gray, and his hair was scattered.
Standing at the head of the Wanjiang River, looking at the sunset that was about to set, Chu Yujia glanced back at Xiang Gao and said, "Looking at your appearance, you seem to be very unconvinced." ”
"Nothing unconvinced. ”
Xiang Gao snorted coldly and said, "You don't have to show off your power in front of me, you can kill if you want to." ”
"You think I'm going to keep you alive?"
The corners of Chu Yujia's mouth were high, his smile was cold, and he said, "In this Wanjiang City, there will be no one who will still be alive." ”
As soon as he heard this, Xiang Gao was struck by lightning.
What does he want to do?
Does he still want to slaughter the city?
Xiang Gao's eyes were about to split, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The surname is Chu, aren't you afraid of retribution?"
"Retribution?"
Chu Yujia chuckled: "I've been afraid for a long time. ”
When the words fell, Chu Yujia waved his hand and said, "Pull over and kill him, let him be with his subordinates." ”
In the first battle of Wanjiang City, there were 30,000 defenders in Qianshu, more than 10,000 killed on the battlefield, and more than 20,000 soldiers surrendered, but none of these people could live, and without exception, they all became the souls of the Northwest Army.
There were less than 3,000 people, but 20,000 people were captured, which is also a marvel of the world, and it should be remembered in the annals of history.
The massacre lasted until midnight, when 20,000 soldiers were killed, and even the knives in the hands of the soldiers in charge of the execution were dulled, and it took three batches of executioners in a row to kill these people.
The funny thing is that none of those Shu troops thought of resisting at that time, and just blindly begged for mercy.
In the middle of the night, the heavy armor of the Mo knife and heavy armor rider quickly closed the four gates of Wanjiang City after Chu Yujia's order, rushed into the city like a hungry wolf out of the mountain, and launched a ruthless massacre and looting of the people in the city.
Chu Yujia said it when he came, so that these Shu people also know what is a Northwest barbarian and what is a Northwest barbarian who is unreasonable and only kills people.
Chu Yujia did this, Yan Tianrui and Chu Haojie naturally would not be polite.
There is no blessing in Pingfu County, the whole Pingfu County is full of wolf smoke, destroyed villages and county towns can be seen everywhere, and a large number of gold, silver and jewelry looted from Pingfu County were transported to Huiningchuan City, which can be described as a mountain.
When several guards of Ningchuan City saw this large amount of gold and silver, they couldn't help but look straight, when had they ever seen so much money, even if it was the entire county guard treasury of Duchong County......
After seeing this large amount of gold and silver, many soldiers couldn't help but feel a little depressed, blaming themselves for following the wrong person.
They all know that there is a tradition in the Northwest Army that every penny of looted gold and silver will be recorded, and after the gold and silver are transported to safety, three of them will be handed over to the treasury of the Northwest Army, and the other seven will be handed over to the non-commissioned officers after the war.
If a soldier dies in battle, the three points to be handed over will not be deducted, and will be given to their families as they are.
After the war, almost every soldier of the Northwest Army was very rich, which is why the Northwest Army likes to fight and go on expeditions so much. 、
Of course, this is also a very strange place for the Northwest Army, it stands to reason that this kind of army that burns, kills, loots, and does all kinds of evil should be notorious and has no military discipline at all.
However, in China, I have never heard of a single incident in which the non-commissioned officers of the Northwest Army forcibly robbed the people's property, let alone heard of any of the non-commissioned officers of the Northwest Army who had secretly hidden money and goods and were discovered.
According to Zhao Kuan's previous evaluation of this army, it is an organized 'iron-blooded bandit' with a chance.
The March day of Qianshu should have been a season of spring flowers, but because of the difference in the thoughts of some people, the entire northern part of Qianshu was full of wolf smoke.
In the former Shu court, Wuyang, the king of Shu, was also furious and scolded the ministers with their heads and faces.
But he seemed to have forgotten that he was one of those who advocated not backing down and had to ask for a toll of 40,000 taels of silver, and without him, no one else would dare to do so.
Fan Chengzhen, the Taifu, and Dong Chengwen, the prime minister, did not speak, and both of them looked at the ground expressionlessly.
Zhao Wutao's face was not very good-looking, because he thought very well at the beginning, and most of the Northwest Army were cavalry.
The cavalry has been defined since its appearance, and the cavalry is not good at siege and even less good at fighting in mountains and hills.
But this Northwest Army was unusual, they were not only good at attacking cities, but even fighting in the mountains and hills.
This is something that no one expected.
Of course, even so, Zhao Wutao also sent an army of more than 50,000 people to encircle and suppress, but they all returned in vain.
If there are fewer people who go, they will be defeated by the Northwest Army head-on, and if there are more people who go, the Northwest Army will not fight them at all, and they will run away when they turn around, and they will not be able to catch up if they want to.
Because Zhao Wutao was the main battle faction at the beginning, he lost the war at this time, and he didn't dare to speak out in the face of Wuyang's anger.
Seeing that Zhao Wutao didn't want to speak, Wu Yang's face was gloomy, he looked at Fan Chengzhen, and said, "Master Taifu, what do you think of this matter?"
Fan Chengzhen seemed to have just come back to his senses, and arched his hand: "At the beginning, the minister advocated peace, but the king did not allow it, the matter has come to this point, and the minister can only stand and watch." ”
As soon as he heard this, Wu Yang's face darkened, and Fan Chengzhen clearly couldn't get along with himself, blaming himself for not listening to persuasion at the beginning.
"Master Taifu......"
Wu Yang gritted his teeth, tried his best to calm his impulse to let Fan Chengzhen be pulled out and beheaded, and said, "Lone is asking you, what do you think of this Northwest Army." ”
"So that's what the king asked. ”
Fan Chengzhen turned his head to look at Zhao Wutao and said, "General, shouldn't you know better than the minister, the king seems to have asked the wrong person." ”
The appearance of kicking the ball really made Wu Yang very unhappy.
However, when Wuyang was on the verge of breaking out, Dong Chengwen said slowly: "The king, the minister thinks that our country is the one who is at fault in this matter, after the war began, the soldiers' mood is very high, and no one wants to fight. ”
"If I make peace with Ye Guo at this time, where is my face in Dashu?"
Wu Yang frowned and said, "Prime Minister, isn't there any other solution?"
"Nope. ”
Dong Chengwen shook his head and said: "At the beginning, we only thought that the Northwest Army was a cavalry army, which was not suitable for fighting in our Shu land, but everyone ignored that the essence of the Northwest Army was not the same as other cavalry armies......